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Tomes, Margot

LC control no.n 79056260
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Personal name headingTomes, Margot
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedNassau County (N.Y.) New York (N.Y.)
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Birth date1918-08-10
Death date1991-06-25
Place of birthYonkers (N.Y.)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activityIllustrated children's books
Profession or occupationIllustrators
Found inFisher, A. L. In the woods, in the meadow, in the sky, 1965.
Goudge, Elizabeth. I saw three ships, 2008: ECip t.p. (illustrated by Margot Tomes) Data view (Margot Tomes (1918-1991) wanted to illustrate children's books from the time she was 14 years old; she ended up illustrating over 60 books)
Wikipedia, June 9, 2015 (Margot Tomes; Margot Ladd Tomes (August 10, 1917-June 25, 1991); American artist and illustrator of children's book; born in Park Hill, Yonkers, New York; grew up in rural Nassau County)
Margot Tomes papers, via McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi website, viewed June 9, 2015 (Margot Ladd Tomes was born August 10, 1917 in Park Hill, Yonkers, New York; at the age of two and a half she moved to Nassau County, Long Island; Tomes lived in New York City until her death on July 2, 1991)
   <http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/degrum/public_html/html/research/findaids/tomes.htm>
Her obituary, in New York times, June 27, 1991, viewed online June 9, 2015 (Margot Tomes, an artist and illustrator of children's books, died on Tuesday [June 25, 1991] at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. She was 73 years old and lived in Manhattan; illustrator of fairy tales, historical stories in verse for children, songbooks and cookbooks)
   <http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/27/obituaries/margot-tomes-73-a-book-illustrator.html?pagewanted=1>